Monday, November 01, 2004

NFL Against the Spread Online Betting Monday Night Football

The Miami Dolphins (1-6) at The N.Y. Jets (5-1)
Against the Spread: Dolphins 2-5-0 | Jets 3-2-1
Game Time: Monday 9:00 PM ET ABC Monday Night Football
Opening NFL Betting Line: Jets -6.5 -113 Over/Under 35u -108
Current High NFL Betting Line: Jets -8 -110
Current Low NFL Betting Line: Jets -7 -109 to -120
Over/Under 35.5 to 36.5 -110


The N.Y. Jets have played consistently conservative football. I really thought they were going to open the playbook up a little bit last week against the Patriots, but Herm Edwards kept it close to the vest. The injury to wide receiver Santana Moss apparently played a bigger role than expected. Edwards has since publicly stated that he wanted to see more from his receivers, so tonight may very well be the night that quarterback Chad Pennington, who has been solid but has yet to put up big numbers, gets to loosen up a bit. All that is assuming that they establish the running game which should not be a problem, with Curtis Martin facing the 28th ranked rushing defense of the Miami Dolphins.

Miami has seen a lot more passing plays go their way the last couple of games with tightend Randy McMichael and wide receiver Chris Chambers getting bigger numbers. But with the questions as to the QB status as well as the wrist injury to running back Sammy Morris they are going to have a mountain to climb once again as they are facing a defense that is good against the rush (8th) and fair against the pass (16th). Offensively they just don't have a plethora of weapons at their disposal. The real key is going to be how corners Patrick Surtain and Sam Madison handle the Jet's receivers Santana Moss, Wayne Chrebet and Justin McCareins. They played admirably against St. Louis, they are going to have to play every bit as well tonight.

There are a couple of ways to go with this game. The Over if you can get it at about 35.5 is not a bad bet.

But here is the way that I have it:

My Online Betting Action: Jets -7

No idea how this relates to betting NFL football, reading about NFL football or anything else about the NFL. But hey, she did play tennis, so there it's sport related. Besides, Anna makes losing a lot less painful...

Online Betting with Anna Kournikova